SELF OPTIMIZED NETWORK (SON)

US Patent 9,642,024

U.S. Patent No. 9,642,024 is a patent titled "Mobile wireless communications system and method with corrective action responsive to communications fault detection." Issued on May 2, 2017 and owned by Traxcell Technologies, it covers self-optimizing wireless network technology that tracks device locations and connection performance to fix network faults.

Core Technology

  • Tracking and Monitoring: Continuously tracks the geographic location and connection performance of mobile wireless devices linked to a network.
  • Fault Detection: Compares active connection data against expected performance metrics to spot communication errors or faults.
  • Corrective Action: Automatically suggests or executes network fixes when a drop in performance or a connection fault is identified

Legal and Industry Context

  • Inventor: Invented by Mark Reed as part of a family of related patents sharing a 2001 priority date.
  • Infringement Lawsuits: The patent was central to multiple high-profile patent infringement lawsuits filed by Traxcell against major telecommunications and tech companies—including Verizon, Sprint, Nokia, and Huawei—over wireless network optimization systems.

US Patent 10,448,209

"Wireless network and method with communications error trend analysis." Owned by Traxcell Technologies, it covers technology for tracking mobile devices on a wireless network, detecting communication errors, generating case files by analyzing error parameters, and comparing them to stored patterns to apply corrective network actions.

Key Technical Features

  • Error Detection: Identifies and flags communication faults between mobile devices and cellular or wireless networks.
  • Trend Analysis: Creates data case files that evaluate trends and parameters behind network glitches.
  • Corrective Action: Matches error trends to known pattern databases to automate or suggest network fixes.

Ownership and Legal Context

  • Assignee: Traxcell Technologies, LLC.
  • Litigation: The patent has been asserted in various telecom and tech sector infringement lawsuits regarding mobile network performance and wireless communications management (such as cases filed against major carriers).

US Patent 10,701,517

"Wireless network and method for suggesting corrective action based on performance and controlling access to location information." Issued on June 30, 2020, and assigned to Traxcell Technologies, it covers systems that track mobile device locations and network performance to spot faults and suggest fixes.

Key Features

  • Network Monitoring: Tracks connection quality between mobile phones and wireless towers.
  • Fault Detection: Compares live data against expected performance benchmarks to find issues.
  • Corrective Actions: Automatically suggests fixes when network errors happen.
  • Privacy Control: Manages user location sharing via preference flags set on the mobile device.

Legal and Industry Context

  • Litigation: The patent has been central to various telecom infringement lawsuits filed by Traxcell Technologies against major cellular carriers like T-Mobile and AT&T.
  • Prior Art: The underlying concepts relate heavily to cellular network optimization and location-based services managed by mobile infrastructure.

US Patent 10,743,135

US Patent No. 10,743,135 B2 is a United States utility patent titled "Wireless Network and Method for Suggesting Corrective Action in Response to Detecting Communications Errors." It was granted on August 11, 2020, and is assigned to Traxcell Technologies, LLC.

Core Technology

  • Function: Analyzes mobile wireless device communications and triggers suggested corrective actions when performance or error issues are detected.
  • Privacy/Access Control: Includes operations that can block access to a mobile device's location data depending on the status of an access flag maintained within the network.
  • Context: Part of a portfolio of network-tuning and optimization patents held by Traxcell Technologies relating to cellular communications performance and error mitigation.

Legal & Industry Context

  • Litigation: The patent has been cited in various patent infringement lawsuits filed by Traxcell Technologies against major cellular network operators and wireless carriers (such as Verizon/Cellco and T-Mobile) concerning cellular network optimization and performance technologies.